PALMER — A motor vehicle crash early Tuesday led to the closure of West Ware Street near the Ware town line as public safety and utility crews cleared the scene.

That section of roadway remained shut as of 6:10 a.m. today, according to a Palmer Police Department spokesman, urging drivers to stay away from that area and to find alternate routes this morning.

A preliminary police investigation indicated that a car struck a utility pole and rolled over at about 2 a.m. The motorist was taken to Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, but the extent of the driver's injuries were not immediately known.